Food Truck Throwdown

The inaugural Food Truck Throwdown, pitting food trucks from Boston and New York against each other, took place Saturday, Oct. 13, on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Fourteen vendors, with seven representing each city, took part. Awards were handed out in nine categories, and noshers could vote for which city's food trucks are superior.
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Sean Smyth / Boston.com correspondent

Attendees crammed into the postage-sized Dewey Square Plaza park. Lines for each of the vendors ran into others. Above, the line around noon in front of the Roxy's Grilled Cheese truck.
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Sean Smyth / Boston.com correspondent

An employee of Fishing Shrimp, a New York City-based food truck, updated his truck's offerings.
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Another popular truck from New York was Wafels & Dinges, which offers Belgian-inspired waffles. Here, employee Aimer Arizmendi of New York took customers' orders. "We came, we loved it, and we're coming back," Arizmendi told customers later in the day.
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Here is a view of the line at The Munchie Mobile and the truck's unique design.
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Sean Smyth / Boston.com correspondent

One of the entrants was the popular Kickass Cupcakes truck. Kickass owner Sara Ross, one of the event organizers, said the idea of a food truck competition popped into her head randomly one day in late August. Weeks later, trucks were crammed into Dewey Square Plaza for the event.
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Sean Smyth / Boston.com correspondent

Customers crowded around the truck operated by Mei Mei Street Kitchen, which operates in Boston.
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Sean Smyth / Boston.com correspondent

Mei Mei's items were so popular, a good portion of the menu wasn't available.
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The big winner was Wafels & Dinges, which took awards for best vegetarian item, best sweet item and best crew. Shown are truck owner Thomas DeGeest of New York City and truck senior manager Steven Lipschutz of Brooklyn. Lipschutz is a Norwell native who has helped run the truck for more than two years.
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Sean Smyth / Boston.com correspondent

Staff Meal, a Boston-based operation which sells meals to those in the restaurant industry, won the award for best savory item: a Peking pig's head taco.
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